How to Name a Baby in 2019.

Daniel Aguilar
2 min readAug 1, 2019
Photo by Felipe Salgado on Unsplash

Congratulations! You just birthed a human child! Now make sure you don’t screw up the most public decision you’ll ever make — name that kid! Follow these five rules to help you pick the awesomest, 2019-appropriate name possible!

1. Pick a perfectly good name…. and then misspell the [bleep] out of it!!

Airin

Joon

Klare

Maulee

Jawn

Tiphanee

Staysee

Andrue

Peder

Jaikob

Kneel

Knowlyn

Geoseff

Krisse

Jame (not James)

Danyell

Geoschuwah

2. All “C”s are now “K”s, and all “K”s are “C”s.

Kody

Karol

MarC

Kourtney

Klarissa

Kaleb

Karter

Klide

Cyle (pronounced “Kyle” or “Sigh-ly” depending on gender)

Karl

Kallie

Cenneth

Cevin (pronounced “Kevin” or “Suh-veen” depending on gender)

Staky (pronounced “Stacy”)

3. Pick a word that is definitely not a name and then… when our backs are turned… USE IT AS A NAME!!

Maverick

Striker

Sundae

Filly

Dancer

Fire

Rain

Sundance

Shifty

Indolence

Abstinence

Day

Mile (NOT Miles)

Tune

Dimple

Dare

Timbre

Treble

Apple

Toy

Sparkle

Shine

Cabin (pronounced “Kay-bin”)

4. Make up a word that sounds dangerously close to an actual name and then jack up the ending with a “leigh,” “lynn,” or “ryn.”

Sarleigh

Jonlynn

Karlyn

Rodyn

Kortleigh

Layleigh

Stevryn

Marlynn

Coryn

Jonathlynn

5. Instead of one of those boring human names, pick your favorite brand name!

Kia

Gillette

Chevy

Dow

Mercedes

Adida (drop the “s”)

Stetson

FBI (pronounced “Phoebe”)

Claritin

Ikea

Samsung (goes by “Sam”)

Natty (short for “Natural Light”)

Zima

Ford

Arby

Starbuck

Clipper

Packer

Steeler

Fordynighnur

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Daniel Aguilar

Civil Attorney in Fort Worth, Texas. J.D. — University of Texas School of Law; B.A. in Political Science & English Composition — University of North Texas.